Lagoon Announces Primordial Interactive Coaster to Open in 2023

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It's been a long time in the making, but after around 7 years of development and construction Lagoon Amusement Park has announced that Primordial will open to visitors in 2023.  The long awaited partially-indoor roller coaster has been designed as a family attraction with riders as small as 36 inches able to ride with an adult who is at least 48 inches tall.

Official details of what Primordial will offer are still murky, even with the official announcement of the ride's opening.  For now Lagoon is only stating that they have "worked with an international team of designers and manufacturers, including amazing local companies and vendors, to create and produce this incredible state-of-the-art attraction."

 

This news article does give a bit more information, and some recent photos of the giant mountain structure that the park built to contain most of Primordial's track as well.  The park touts the attraction as interactive, which ties to the dragon and other characters than can be seen in the preview video at the bottom of this story.  Many speculate that the indoor section of the ride will be the interactive portion, with riders possibly having the ability to battle the creatures within.

 

As with the park's most recent roller coaster additions, Primordial has been largely constructed "in-house" as the park coordinated its design and construction using a plethora of industry contractors. 

For now that's about all we've got, below is the park's teaser just released for Primordial - very Game of Thrones inspired it seems!

A Round-Up of Recently Announced Park Reopenings

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Lagoon Amusement Park, located in Utah, announced that they will be reopening today, May 23rd.  They received notification from local authorities that they were allowed to open, and wasted no time in doing just that.  The park's water park, Lagoon-A-Beach, is also open.

The park has implemented a reservation system that must be used before visiting, in order to limit attendance.  The system only allows for reservations for the week following the current day, and season pass holders are limited to visits per week.

The park will be requiring visitors to wear a face mask at all times, and they will also ask everyone to sanitize their hands when they enter a ride queue.  Right now the park is following hours of 10 am until 8 pm on Saturdays, and 11 am until 8 pm other days.

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Another long time Orlando area attraction, Gatorland, has also reopened as of today.  The park is heavily promoting their Social Distancing Skunk Ape, a famed "Florida Cryptid" who is cousins with Bigfoot.  He feels very strongly about everyone keeping an appropriate distance and also keeping things clean, and I love it.  If you haven't seen it yet, make sure to learn more about him on this page.

The park is not requiring visitors to wear face masks, just encouraging them to do so.  The park's CEO has written a great deal about the measures they have taken in response to COVID-19.

Gatorland has also very smartly extended their Florida resident half off sale, which should help them attract some curious folks looking to get out of the house.

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Alabama Adventure amusement park and Splash Adventure water park are planning to open on May 30th, if all goes well.  After announcing that opening date the county they are located in passed their own extension of stay at home orders, however as of today it seems the park has clarified that they can open and as such is back to planning to reopen on the 30th.  Regardless, the stay at home was only extended by one week so worse case is an opening around June 6th.

There isn't a lot on the park's website about specific changes that will take place in response to COVID-19, though as a small family run park we hope that they will double down on the safety of their workers and guests.

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Magic Springs Theme and Water Park, located in Arkansas, has announced their reopening for June 1st.  The park will be limiting attendance to 30% of maximum occupancy for the theme park, and 50% of the maximum occupancy for the water park.

As a benefit the park will be offering season pass holders some extras, including $10 to spend in the park, extra bring a friend free passes and monthly discounts via coupons.

Magic Springs will not require reservations to visit the park, and they do encourage guests to purchase tickets online ahead of time.  It sounds like tickets can be purchased at the gate as well.  The park will not require face masks for outdoor parts of the property, but they are required to enter indoor food and retail locations.

The park is also asking guests to be patient as social distancing initiatives will create longer lines, all in the name of safety.

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Connecticut, home of Quassy Amusement Park and Waterpark, has announced that amusement parks will be able to open on June 20th.  As such, the park is already diving into hiring for the park's summer season, which is expected to start on that day.

Since this is a very recent development and the opening is still several weeks away, the park's website does not yet reflect much in the way of changes related to COVID-19.  I'm sure that as the official opening date draws closer the park will have more information to share.

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It wasn't long ago that we found out that Indiana Beach was being saved, and now we know that the park is planning to open for the 2020 season on June 27th.

The park is still hard at work building a new website, so we don't have any specifics yet related to COVID-19 changes that may be required.  Between trying to actually get the gates open again and all the work that comes with it, the new owners are probably about as busy as they can be these days.

Also of note, if you're interested in getting into Indiana Beach one day early the park is having a VIP Party on June 26th.  You'll have to purchase a VIP ticket along with a brick paver that will be installed at the park.  More information on that is available here.

Lagoon's 2021 Coaster Project Sees Track Installed + Mountain Being Formed

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Lagoon's super-secret roller coaster project for 2021 continues to take shape, as seen in a new video from YouTube user DeLoreans Garage.

The project's details are still under wraps, however since the park is building what appears to be a very large mountain at the park there's plenty to see at this stage in the game.  The latest video shows off the work site from the air, giving us a view into the ride's inner workings... at least to some degree.

What we can see is rather interesting.  The ride, which is expected to be named Primordial, definitely uses a traditional roller coaster track at times, some of that can clearly already be seen in place.  There is a suspected dark ride component to the attraction though, which also seems evident from this footage.  There is a large second story part of the ride with what looks like a switch track area followed by two straightaways in the building.  They lead to the massive concrete towers that are going up, though it's hard to tell just what will be in those towers at this point.

The entire one side of the structure is also being covered in frames for what I assume is some hefty rock work that will cover the structure, leading to the expected mountain theming.

Exactly what else the ride has in store is a mystery for now, and I am grateful for that.  It's fun to watch a massive mystery ride go up like this!

Check out the whole video below from DeLoreans Garage.

Lagoon Shares New Details on Mystery Coaster Project + Construction Updates

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Lagoon amusement park is still hard at work on their mystery roller coaster project, on which work began earlier this year.  The park has kept nearly all details of the attraction a mystery, however due to recent shots of roller coaster track arriving at the construction site it's pretty safe to call it a coaster at this point.

The local Fox affiliate did another story on the progress of the ride, which is substantial at this point.  The story has some footage of the construction site, a snapshot of which can be seen up top.  There is a very large area that has a concrete foundation, and two different towers going up toward the sky.  These do not appear to be for the ride yet, but more for the base of some sort of gigantic theming elements that will be incorporated.

The park did give a few tidbits away in the story, including that this ride will have a footprint that is 30% larger than Cannibal, the park's most recent coaster.  They've also put more than 5 miles of conduit under the concrete they poured, which came in at 17,000 cubic yards.  There are 355 piles driven under the foundation already, stretching from 40 to 60 feet in the earth.  A brand new midway will feed to the ride once it opens, which may not be until 2021 or 2022 even.

This YouTube video gives much more clear views of the work from in the middle of September.  You can get a better idea of the size of this attraction, which is rumored to feature a giant mountain along with several interactive components and perhaps a dark ride section.  You can even see some track in place feeding into the main structure that appears to split after what might be the station.

Even more recent construction photos on Lagoon Fans show that a building is now going up on part of the cement slab, creating a rather large indoor space.  Could be for a dark ride portion, the queue, station or maybe all of those.  We'll have to wait to find out more!

Lagoon Amusement Park Already Working on New Coaster for 2021

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It seems that Lagoon Amusement Park, in Utah, is always working on some project, whether big or small, and usually completing the task in-house.  That was certainly the case with their massive roller coaster Cannibal, which opened in 2015, an impressive ride with a 208 foot vertical lift, a 116 degree first drop and several inversions along the course.

The park has moved on to their next big project, which appears to be another large roller coaster, for 2021.  This news story spoke with the park about the expansion, but they're not giving much away about it yet.  In fact, most assumed the ride would open in 2020 but the park made it pretty clear that the soonest we will see this open in 2021.

Aerial footage of the construction site shows a work area that's about as big as Cannibal's, with some large footings going into place.  Really the only other thing that Lagoon would confirm is that the ride will be very different form Cannibal, and a one of a kind in the world.

Lagoon trademarked the name Primordial for some sort of attraction, and many think the ride under construction will be it - though only the park knows for sure.  One thing is for sure, for footings for something that looks more like a building than a coaster already going in this must be a rather large project! 

Take a Spin on Lagoon's New Cannibal Roller Coaster

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Lagoon has officially opened Cannibal to park guests, and early reviews for the custom-designed roller coaster are coming in and praising the ride's unique elements and high speeds.  The coaster opened a little later than the park had opened, but if there ever were a case of better-late-than-never this is it.

Cannibal starts with an elevator lift to 208 feet above the Utah ground below, then an extreme 116 degree beyond vertical first plunge.  The layout includes several inversions including a roll sequence that I haven't seen before and a top speed of 70 miles per hour.

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The ride's layout is impressive enough, but Lagoon went ahead and added some beautiful theming to the ride's grounds.  Above is a shot of the enormous waterfall structure that sits in the middle of the ride's finale, a tight downward helix.

Below is a point of view video of the experience, taken with the park's permission.  Looks like quite a ride!  Congratulations to Lagoon on Cannibal's opening.

Lagoon's Cannibal Takes First Riders After Delay + Opening Soon?

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One of 2015's most anticipated rides, Cannibal at Lagoon amusement park has yet to open as we head toward the end of June.  The park has had to take on several rumors about the custom designed roller coaster, everything from a test dummy that flew off the ride (false) to fire code issues with the enclosed lift structure (also false).

This article details these issues and clarifies the challenges that come with a massive, custom designed ride like Cannibal.  Some of the actual delays are due to custom parts being manufactured on other continents, with added time for the parts to ship according to the story.

Just today Lagoon was testing Cannibal with live riders, including the park's dedicated maintenance staff (above) and also yesterday members of the Farmington City Council took a spin.  This story has some video of the coaster testing with riders.  Best of all, the article notes that the park feels the coaster will open soon, even possibly within a week's time!

Cannibal stands 208 feet tall and features a 116 degree beyond vertical first drop that rockets the cars at 70 miles per hour.  The rest of the layout includes several inversions tucked amid some beautiful exotic theming that Lagoon created.  The testing videos show the cars keeping their speed, even after a mid-course block brake, adding to the anticipation of Cannibal's opening.

New Video Shows Cannibal's First Test Run at Lagoon

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Lagoon's massive, one of a kind roller coaster has had it's first test run, and boy what a ride it appears to be.  This video was just shot yesterday, and shows the coaster's car as it waits patiently at the top of the well-beyond-vertical first drop.  As the car begins its dive, the speed of Cannibal quickly becomes apparent, which can be seen carried through the ride.  The ending of the coaster looks particularly fast, with that final helix probably giving some intense forces!

Also worth pointing out is the car as it heads through the unique set of barrel rolls - only partially coming back to upright after the first inversion before quickly reversing direction and heading though another roll.  A great combination that I haven't seen before - like so many other aspects of this ride.

Thanks to Jordan for sharing the video with us!

Lagoon's Cannibal Nearly Complete in New Aerial Photograph

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A lot of parks got into the Valentine's Day spirit by posting various coaster elements aligned to make a heart.  Lagoon, however, went straight for every coaster fan's heart simply by releasing the above image!

What an impressive looking coaster!  I know I've said that before... but honestly something of this size with so many unique features hasn't come along in a while, so I'm quite enamored - I admit it.

The track for Cannibal is nearly complete, with half of the ride's 4th inversion, a heartline roll, almost complete.  The image makes it look like the heartline roll takes place just after the dive loop behind the lift tower; that's actually just the angle and in the photo the track after the dive loop dives down and then into the inverted top hat element.  The trains will hit the heartline after the mid course brakes, which take place behind the tower, and the track connecting that brake run to the heartline is all that's left to go in!  This also gives us a clean look at the twisted portion of ride that will lead into the final brakes, including the still-covered theming that's being applied.  Looking forward to the finished product on that, as well.

Impressive New Look at Lagoon's Cannibal Roller Coaster

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I swear, with each new piece of track added Lagoon's Cannibal looks more and more interesting, with oddly shaped and unique inversions and other elements now in place.  The park has shared some recent shots, and while we've seen this first inversion before these are worth looking at again.  This half-loop turns itself upright, similar to elements we've seen on coasters before... yet different.

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This more side angle view really shows how the element is a very large vertical loop with the twist at the end.  If you were to draw a line vertically through the middle of the element, you'd have a very clear half loop - even more pronounced than on similar elements on other coasters.

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After the way beyond vertical first drop and huge half-loop twist inversion, the track heads toward the ground and then up into this dive loop.  There's something about this element that is also unlike most other rides, with the track moving upward and then inverting, like a heartline roll, but then diving downward with only a slight jog to the left.

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How's this for a beauty shot?  You can see the element that follows the dive loop, a big inverting top hat that turns the trains around 180 degrees.  Also notice the elaborate theming that has been constructed on top of the tunnel that follows the first drop.  This is really looking like one of the most interesting projects of 2015, and I can't wait to see what else Lagoon has in store for the ride.  They say there's one more secret aspect to Cannibal that they won't reveal until it opens...

Even More New Must-See Cannibal Photos

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I know that I just posted about Lagoon's new Cannibal roller coaster this past Wednesday, but the park just uploaded a new batch of photos of the ride that are not to be missed.  For example, the one above of the beyond vertical first drop - from directly underneath it - is fairly jaw-dropping if you ask me!

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There are also several photos from the top of the ride's vertical lift tower, giving us a 'view from the top.'  The park also recently completed the ride's first inversion, which was missing its top track pieces earlier in the week.  Also of note is the uncovered theming that has been created over top of the ride's tunnel - looks impressive and high quality.  Can't wait to see even more of Cannibal go up!

New Views Show Off Lagoon's Cannibal Coaster Progress

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Lagoon's new Cannibal roller coaster is looking as fierce as ever, with crews now having completed the ride's beyond vertical first drop.  You can't see the top of the first drop in the above photo, a part of this story from the Standard Examiner, but it's pretty intense looking!

The cars will move outward on horizontal track after the top of the tower lift hill, then begin their dive at what is said to max out at 116 degrees.  The tower is over 200 feet tall, so the anticipation before that first drop is going to be legendary.  The base of the first drop dips into a below grade tunnel with some theming currently being installed on top of it.

The park has also been working on installing the very tall inversion that takes place after the first drop, a half-loop roll combination with a fairly unique shape.

Photos of the ride under construction can be found on this Facebook page (including a few older aerial views), this gallery from a few days ago, and the Cannibal thread on Lagoon Is Fun.  Check them all out!

New Cannibal Coaster Takes Over Lagoon in 2015

Lagoon, located just above Salt Lake City in Utah, has announced its unique new-for-2015 roller coaster, and its name is Cannibal.  The custom designed coaster will feature state of the art components like a vertical elevator style lift hill, and a beyond vertical first drop.

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Cannibal is being created locally, with 75% of the ride suppliers located in the state of Utah.  Lagoon has done this with their BomBora family coaster as well, relying on in-house design teams and key outside contractors to create the ride.  For instance, Cannibal's track will be Fabricated by Intermountain Lift, producers of steel for many rides in the past.  In the end Cannibal will be a $22 million investment, and construction of the ride will span a full two years.

Lagoon released some images of Cannibal's design, though not all has been revealed yet.  The images look at half the ride from three different angles.  In the photo above the ride's elevator lift will take place in the tall building - 208 feet tall to be exact - and then the ride starts with a 116 degree first drop - well more than vertical!

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The first drop plunges trains into a tunnel, and then directly into what is believed to be a large "inverted loop" that is not seen in these renders.  The trains, which seat twelve riders each, will reach speeds of 70 miles per hour during the ride.

This view is 180 degrees from the first one.  The station is the large red building at the base of the lift tower.  You can also see a tall inversion, what looks like a dive loop, that will take place over the roof of the loading area.  The park's press materials state that the tallest inversion on Cannibal will be 140 feet above the ground - I would wager that is the inversion after the first drop that is not seen here.

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These images appear to show another inversion as well, the third on the ride, which is a heartline roll.  Also note that in these design drawings the track is yellow, but in reality it is red with tan supports.

Cannibal's total track length is 2,735 feet, a decent length when considering that the lift is vertical.  The 2.5 minute ride will provide 4.2 Gs to riders with an expected (not yet final) ride height requirement in the neighborhood of 46 to 48 inches.

Lagoon promises to reveal one "exclusive thrill element" of the ride at a later date, leaving a bit of mystery for fans.  As for the ride's name, according to Julie Freed, spokesperson for Lagoon, “We have named it Cannibal, because in our collective mind it will eat other roller coasters in their tracks!”

Promising that Cannibal will be unlike any other coaster experience in North America, especially due to so much in-house design, I'd say that Lagoon has a ride to be watched on their hands!

Cannibal will be Lagoon's 10th roller coaster when it opens next year.  Can't wait to see more construction photos of the ride going up!

Work Well Under Way on Lagoon's 2015 Roller Coaster

Lagoon, located in Farmington, Utah, has been quietly working on a brand new roller coaster for some time now. Construction has kicked into high gear with plenty of vertical structure already in place.  One of our readers was kind enough to send in some photos of the work on the ride, shared below.

Not much is official about the ride yet, so take all of this as rumor for now.  When the park makes the ride, rumored to be called Cannibal, official then we will have all of our questions answered.  For now, the ride is rumored to utilize a dual-elevator lift system that is similar to what was on Pilgrims Plunge at Holiday World.  I believe the base of that lift is on the far left of the above photo, with already assembled lift sections waiting placement on the right.  The red roof is covering what would be the station and part of the pre-lift and brakes for the ride.

Lagoon received a height variance of 208 feet a couple years ago, so we would guess that is the coaster's maximum height.  Lagoon, much like with their family coaster BomBora, is constructing this new ride in-house using several key contractors for ride systems and components.  One of the most important aspects, the ride's track and supports, are being manufactured by Intermountain Lift, Inc.

In the photo above, you can also spot a below grade trench that has been dug, with track poking out one end of it.  This is rumored to be the base of the ride's first drop, which would be longer than the lift due to that below grade section.

Here is another close up shot of the track coming out of the below grade section.  While not too much is know about the track's layout, there are expected to be several inversions and an extremely steep first drop.  The cars on the new coaster would be individual, allowing the tight turns and inversions that will be found on the ride.

That's much to Sid for sending in the photos, we look forward to seeing more soon!

From The Vault: Lagoon 2001 Brochure and Map

This week's From The Vault shall focus on Lagoon's 2001 brochure and park map.  Lagoon is located in Farmington, Utah - a little North of Salt Lake City.  Not a park that most people happen upon unless they're specifically traveling there, or of course live locally.  The park has an interesting mix of rides and attractions so let's have a look.

You have to love that the park's classic Schwarzkopf loops is right on the front of the brochure!  Known as Colossus the Fire Dragon, the ride features two vertical loops and an extended helix.  Colossus originally traveled the German fair circuit before making its way across the ocean to Lagoon.

The park's tag line of "you'll never be the same" is actually a bit intimidating!  What's going to happen there that will forever change me!

Rides, slides, water, songs, dance, the great wild west - there's lots that is offered as part of an admission ticket to Lagoon.  In 2001 the park's new attraction was cliffhanger, a Mondial Splash Over flat ride.  It has two rows of seats that independently spin - like a Top Spin - and there are some elaborate fountains that blast up as the ride spins as well.  You can check out a video of the ride here, it looks like a pretty unique ride for the States!

The center of the park's brochure is one enormous long panel, so I scanned it in as such.  At the time this was printed the park had several roller coasters, such as the classic wooden Roller Coaster, a Jet Star, the aforementioned Colossus, and a Wild Mouse.  Since then a new fleet of rides have been added, including two family coasters (Bat and Bombora), along with the spinning Spider and blasting Wicked.

The park had a very simplistic map style for many years, which was still being used in 2001 and can be seen here.  While a bit unflattering, it certainly made things clear for guests as to where they wanted to be headed!  The current map is actually still similar, though with better color and a slight bit more detail.

Lagoon is apparently well underway on constructing a brand new - said to be pretty darn tall - roller coaster, so I think we'll be hearing more about the park quite a bit in future months!

A Look at Lagoon's New Rides + Park Update

One of our longtime readers, Sid, was kind enough to send in some photos from Lagoon's 2013 season, which just started this past weekend.  The park has added two new family attractions this year, and also spruced up some existing ones.

We will start with the sprucing up - which involves some new paint on two of the park's big rides.  Above is the Wild Mouse, which has received a shiny new paint job this year.  The ride looks great now - the green track really stands out against the yellow supports.

The Wild Mouse is a standard model from Mauer Sohne, featuring individual cars and plenty of tight twists and turns.  The ride previously featured a pinkish track with yellow supports.

Another ride that looks good as new this season is the mighty Colossus the Fire Dragon.  The Schwarzkopf classic is celebrating its 25th anniversary at the park this year, having opened at Lagoon in 1984.

The Fire Dragon's colors haven't changed, but the whole ride has been repainted.  The supports are still white with blue track, except for the loops which sport a golden color.  I still miss Laser from Dorney Park - and since Germany is a bit far this ride is my closest similar ride!

As for new rides, as I mentioned earlier the park has added two family rides for this season.  They weren't quite ready for opening day, but should be up and running quite soon.

Both attractions were purchased from Zamperla - and as is common with their rides they have a personal touch for Lagoon.  The first is a set of tea cups, shown above, which have the park's logo on each of the cups.  The full name of the attraction at Lagoon is the Tipsy Tea Cups. 

The tea cups hadn't been placed when the park opened, but their future home was well underway.  Above is a shot of that space.  I really like how Lagoon seems to put a ton of thought and details into even the smallest of their new attractions.

The second new ride is named Red Rock Rally, a children's whip style attraction.  The off road vehicles turn around a bunch of artificial rocks that add to the theming - a perfect example of the extra effort that the park puts into additions.

One last shot of the Red Rock Rally.  They look pretty much complete so it can't be long before they're ready for passengers!

Thanks again to Sid for sharing the photos with us!

Air Racing at Lagoon Amusement Park

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I will admit that I'm not always the biggest fan of Instagram photos, but this will be an exception to that rule because these photos that Lagoon took are pretty nice!  The Utah based amusement park has added Air Race as the park's 2012 addition, which is the second instillation of Zamperla's ride of the same name.

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While I'm admitting things I'll also pony up to the fact that last Summer when I checked out Luna Park's Air Race, I did not ride.  While the ride is a kinetic masterpiece, I had a feeling that the ride was best suited for those with stronger stomachs! It's the spinning that gets me each time.

Lagoon's version of the ride features the same paint scheme at Luna's, full of bold colors that set perfectly behind the blue sky in these photos.

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It is actually a bit difficult to explain how the ride works.  The whole thing spins, but the plane vehicles then rotate vertically on their own, creating quite an effect.  Lagoon's ride has already shown to be a hit for the park.  While I may not be in line (at least without some strong dramamine) plenty of other folks were, I wonder if we'll see more of these pop up at parks in the future?

Weekly Rewind 3.31.12

Congratulations to both Europa Park and Great Coasters International on the official opening of Wodnan!  Check out a point of view video of the ride and prepare to drool.

Another new coaster has started to go up, though it'll be a long time until it opens.  See photos of the Magic Kingdom's new Seven Dwarfs Mine Train coaster going vertical!

It is not a big new ride, in fact it's the opposite of thrilling, but Legoland Florida's new Fresh From Florida Greenhouse looks like fun.  Plenty of educational fun mixed with Lego models and more.

It's the time of year when parks start to open, and today marks the opening of Carowinds.  That means their new ride, WindSeeker, is open to the public! 

Ding Ding!  Here comes the trolley - specifically the Red Car Trolley that will open with the all new Disney California Adventure this Summer.  Check out some testing photos from Disney Parks.

Dinos, Dinos everywhere!  Cedar Point is finishing up Dinosaurs Alive! so the attraction is ready to open with the park.  Here's some video and photos if you're interested in a preview look.

Lagoon has announced that this year's new ride is Air Race, a ride provided by Zamperla.  To my knowledge this will only be the second of its kind in the world!

The more theming that is applied to Sea World San Diego's Manta coaster, the more interested I am in the project.  The press recently got a tour of the ride's aquarium and other facilities, which means new views of the ride's progress.

Expansion continues at Phoenix's Wet 'n' Wild with the addition of Wet 'n' Wild Jr., a new kids play area that will feature small versions of the park's most popular attractions.  A great idea!

This photo is really cool - it is of the underwater portion of Sea World San Antonio's new Stingray Falls waterslide, a part of the all new Aquatica water park.  The park is sharing more cool photos as the opening draws near.

It has been a while since we've heard from Six Flags St. Louis, which is adding a new slide tower named Bonzai Pipeline - but now they've uploaded some construction photos for us.

Finally, Screamscape posted some photos of some shiny new green Bolliger and Mabillard Wing Coaster track at the fabrication plant.  Where oh where will it be headed?!